18 Writers Vying For 8 WGA West Board Seats

The WGA West has issued its final list of 18 candidates, including five incumbents, who will be competing for eight seats on the its board of directors in the September election. Incumbents Chip Johannessen, Scott Alexander, Michael Oates Palmer, Katherine Fugate and Marjorie David will square off against challengers Shawn Ryan, Chris Derrick, Cynthia Riddle, Peter Lefcourt, Shernold Edwards, Peter Murrieta, Doug Atchison, Stan Chervin, Jonathan Fernandez, Courtney Ellinger, Mark Amato, Aaron Mendelsohn, and Aaron Fullerton. The guild will host its annual Candidates Night forum, where members can grill the candidates, on September 3 at the guild’s LA headquarters. Ballots will be counted September 16.

3 Comments

StanWritesIX • on Jul 23, 2014 2:25 pm

This is what the WGA does so well: elections, candidates’ nights, cocktail parties, awards shows, junkets, PACs, panel discussions, board meetings, and tilting endlessly and impotently at mega-mergers.

This is what the WGA doesn’t do so well: win good contracts, enforce their provisions.

Oh well. Election time again, can’t wait for that fat booklet in the mail!